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I want to return 10 files only from a directory. Is this possible?

DirectoryInfo d = new DirectoryInfo(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/xml"));

FileInfo[] files = d.GetFiles("*.xml");
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This way returns all XML files, but I want to get just the first ten.

If you're using .NET4 then you should probably use EnumerateFiles instead, along with the Take extension method:

var d = new DirectoryInfo(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/xml"));
FileInfo[] files = d.EnumerateFiles("*.xml").Take(10).ToArray();

You can add the extension method Take(10) to only grab the first 10 files.

var d = new DirectoryInfo(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/xml"));
var files = d.GetFiles("*.xml").OrderByDescending(fi=>fi.LastWriteTime).Take(10);

you have to the same what Jake mentioned, but not FileInfo[] files

      DirectoryInfo d = new DirectoryInfo("~/xml");
      IEnumerable< FileInfo> files = d.GetFiles().Take(10);

                         OR

     DirectoryInfo d = new DirectoryInfo("~/xml");
      FileInfo[] files = d.GetFiles().Take(10).ToArray();

  var directory = new DirectoryInfo(Tab16_mainPath);


  var myFile = (from f in directory.GetFiles().Take(3)
                orderby f.LastWriteTime descending
                select f).ToArray();